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APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1921.

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COT. APPLICATION FILED MAY I6 1921. 1,403,425. Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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JOHN M. LINE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

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To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. LINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greeneand State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cots, of which the following is a specification.

As in U. S. Letters-Patent No. 1,317,141, granted me September 23, 1919, my present invention has reference to a collapsible and folding cot for use in automobiles or like vehicles.

The object of my present invention is to simplify, strengthen and improve my patented construction.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference being had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view illustrating the arrangement of my improvement in an automobile body.

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the cot as the same appears set up and ready for use. i

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the cot in position for use. 1

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrating the. manner in which the ends of the end bars are detachably connected to the side rails. e

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the cross bars which carriesthe uprights or legs, and showing the sections of the bar adjustably locked.

Figure 6 is a view showing the cross bar collapsed. I i 1 Figure 7 is a sectional view-through one end of a crossbar showing the manner in which the foot member is adjustably associated therewith As in my Patent No.1 'll'lleihl make use ofa frame comprising side rails 1, end bars 2 and a longitudinal central rail 3. The side rails are provided on their inner sides, and adjacent to their ends with sockets 4 and in said sockets are removably disposed dowels 5 at the ends of the end bars 2. The side rails and central rail are made up of sections which are preferably hingedly connected and which are provided with means Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 10, 1922 Application filed May 16,

1921. Serial No. 469,911.

for elfectivelysustaining the same in longitudinal alignment. The longitudinalcentral rail 3 is provided'at its ends with dowels that are removably arranged in sockets provided in the end bars 2, while arranged over the frame is a flexible preferably canvas cover 6. The above construction, while rigid when set up, is susceptible of being collapsed and folded into a small compass for carrying in the automobile.

In my said patented construction, the cross bars comprise hingedly connected sec tions which'are pivota-lly secured to the uprights that rest on the seats of the automobile, or more strictly speaking on the edges of the body of the automobile that provide the sides for the front and rear seats. In such construction there is arranged between the cross bars and uprights adjustable chains designed to swing-the uprights on their pivots to move the side bars of the frame outwardly from each other and thus draw tight the fabric bed bottom'6. With such construction, the collapsible or folding cot can be used only on determined sizes of automobiles and I have found that the swinging of the uprights is an undesirable feature because the frame is not at all times horizontally supported when one of the uprights is swung to a greater or less degree than the others, and in addition to this certain of the uprights, when so adjusted may not prop- Therefore, in mypresent application, I employ telescopic cross bars whose sections carry theuprights, which latter have adjustably 1 arranged thereon laterally extend- '85 erly rest on the side members of the seats.

ing members that provide feet which rest on the automobile while locking means is arranged. between the sections forholding' the same adjusted'with respect to each other. In this manner the frame is at all times supported horizontally, the adjustable feet per mit of the employment of the device; on varying sizes of automobiles, and permit of a more ready collapsingthereof. Also the cross bars carry means for'efleetively supporting the central rail?) of the frame.- I

Two cross bars are employed. Aseach of the cross bars is of a similar construction, a detail description of one maybe taken as equally applicable to the'other. Each cross bar comprises two sections in the nature of flat members 7 and-8 respectively. At the outer ends of the sections 7 and 8 there are secured sleeves 9 which project beyond the opposite faces of the respective sections and which provide guides for the respective sections.

associated. On the upper edge of the section 7, inward of the sleeve9 attached thereto there is an upstanding lug 10, and on this lug the central rail 3 of the frame is designed to rest.

On the outer ends of the respective sections 7 and there are uprights 11. When the cross bars and uprights are constructed of wood, as is preferable, the uprights 11 rest on the upper edges of the respective sections 7 and 8 and are secured thereon by substantially U-shaped metallic brackets 12 which are bolted, nailed, or otherwise secured to the uprights and to the cross bar sections.

The brackets also project a suitable distance below the cross bar. The uprights have their upper and outer corners notched, as at 1 3 to receive therein the side rails 1 of the frame. The brackets 12 are provided withoutstanding pins 14 to which are connected: flexible elements such as chains 15 which are direct ed at an upward angle and connected to the 7 lower edges of the side rails 1. Each of the chains is adjustable through means 16, and in this manner the uprights are brought into proper supporting engagement and held against lateral movement on the frame.

The lower and outer portion of each of the brackets. 12 is cut away to provide a passage between the bracket and thelower edges of the cross bar sections. In each of these pas- V sages there is arranged a laterally adjustable member 17. in the nature of a foot, and is designed to rest on the upper edges of the sides of the seats of the automobile as disclosed by the drawings. The adjustable means for the footmembers 17 is indicated bythe numeral of automobiles '18. By such arrangement it willbe seen that the cotmay be employed-on varying sizes and efl'ectively supported thereon. g a

I also employ novel means forholding the cross bar sections" adjustable with respect to each other. This means includes a lever 19 that has on its outer end an outwardly directed ear 20. Passing through this ear is a threaded rod 21 that has its outer end engaged by a winged nut 22. The inner end of a the rod is provided with an eye 23 to which is connected a flexible element such as alight chain 24. The chain is guided through an eye 25 on the said outer'face of the lever and is connected, as 'at26 to an outstanding lug on the sleeve 9'that surrounds thecross bar section 8. On the upper edge of the lever 19 there is a book 27. When the sectionsa-re moved away from each other a distance to permit of the inner end of the lever being Thus the sections are telescopically.

Each of the members 17 is arranged against the outer end of the section 7, the lever, fulcruined on the said end of the said section 7, is swung against the section 8 and is slightly tilted upwardly to permit of the hook 27 being arranged over the upper edge of the said section 8. The winged nut is then adjusted on the threaded rod so that the sections 7 and 8 are further moved outwardly and away from each other and the notched corners of the uprights brought more effectively into engagement with the side rails 1 of the frame.

Then the cot is to be removed from the automobile the winged. nuts are unscrewed from the threaded rods and the hook of the lever removed from engagement with the section 8. The sections may be thus slided one over the other andireadily collapsed. The remainder of the construction is collapsed, and foldedwith the cross bars, in a manner as set forth in my referred to Patent No. 1,317,141.,

- I \Vhen the improvement is used on short upstanding lugon one member of each cross 1 bar for underlying and supporting the central rail of the main frame, a longitudinally adjustable supporting foot on the outer end of the members of the cross bars, and means for holding the members of the: cross bars adjustedv with-respect to each other when in frame supporting position.

2. In a collapsible cot. the combination with a main frame which includes removably associated end and longitudinal rails, one of said longitudinal rails being disposed centrally with respect to the other longitudinal rails, of cross. bars disposed beneath the frames, each including two members hav-' ing their ends provided with oppositely disposed sleeves which .form guides for the respective members of each cross bar, standards on the upper edges of the members of each cross bar having notched corners to engage the outer longitudinal rails of the main frame, a longitudinally adjustable foot on therespective members below the respec tive uprights, means locking said foot members in adjustment, a lug on one of the members of each of the cross bars for supporting the central rail 'ofthe mainframe, means for locking the members of each cross bar in adjustment when 1n frame supporting posltion, said means including a lever flexibly supported from one of the members designed 1 to have one of its ends brought against the end of the said member and swung against the second member of the cross bar, a hook on the lever arranged over said second member, a threaded rod connected to the flexible JOHN M. LINE. 

